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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Belgrade?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Belgrade’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Alta, Utah 3, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Belgrade 52: Belgrade leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 76 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Belgrade 50: Alta, Utah leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Belgrade 45: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Belgrade 42: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Belgrade 30: Alta, Utah leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Belgrade.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahBelgrade
Official language-Serbian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation2,610 m117 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahBelgrade
City population2281,197,714
People per km²193,327
Museums within 10 km065
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.